News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
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A mass of rock fell from hill al
Fuller's quarry in New Baltimore re
Gently and two men were crushed t.
death.
The epidemic of yellow fever il
Tampa, Fla, has been officially de-
clared at an end. There have been NJ
cases of yellow fever there in Two o
three weeks.
A disastrous collision occurred las
week near Newport, Ark, On TIM
Iron Mountain railroad. The fireman
of a passenger train was instantly
killed and the engineer seriously
wounded. Both locomotives and sew
eral freight cars were practically de-
molished.
Hon. Daniel Manning, Ex-Secre-
tary of the Treasury, died at the resi-
dence of his son in Albany last Satur-
day. His ailment was Brighl's dis
ease of the kidneys, brought on, his
physicians say, by the bad sanitary
condition of the treasury building in
Washington.
Diphtheria has been doing deadly
work in Schoharie, n. Y, and vicini-
ty recently, and there have been %
fatal cases. In one family there were
four deaths. Public schools and Sun
day schools have been reported closed
for some time. 1t is now thought
that the disease is abating.
The bitter fight between the Down
ing and National parties over the re-
cent election in the Cherokee Nation
came to a peaceful end last week
The council counted the votes. Joel
Mays, the Downing candidate tor
chief, was declared elected, and the
chief obstacle to harmony being re-
moved, the Council proceeded to its
regular work.
Kosterlitzski, of Bavispe, Sonora,
gives an account of the sufferings oil
people of the earthquake district in
Arizona. He says the Mexican gov
eminent recently sent provisions, but
the people are destitute of clothing.
What few houses were constructed 8
month ago have been destroyed and
the people are now living on Refuge
Hill in huts. The weather is very cold
A small band of Apache Indians are
also depredating in the vicinity and in
the last three weeks four men have
been killed and much stock run off.
Shocks are frequent.
Mrs. Cleveland has sent to the
young ladies' missionary society Of
Wells college, at Aurora, n. Y, 6
gift of money for the society's use
Mrs. Cleveland joined the society
while at Wells college in 1882 and
was an enthusiastic member. She
asked to have her name kept on the
list of active members for life. She
| has sent several gifts of money from
Washington to the society. In hel
letter accompanying this last gift she
asks the officers of the society to Wis.
it the houses of the poor people about
Aurora and wishes all at Wells Col
lege merry Christmas.
Frank c. McNeally, the Saco, Me-.
bank robber, was arrested in Halifax
N. S., on Friday. When arrested
McNeally evinced no particular alarm
Consul General Phelan was a specta.
tor to the arrest, and hurried to the
police station, where he had CONVEX
sation with the prisoner. He after
ward took possession of McNeally's
effects at the hotel. McNeally had
expressed desire TO see the consul
The prisoner took the advice of Mr..
Phelan and declined to be interviewed.
The prisoners trunk was filled with
clothing of the most fashionable Lon
don cut, and of the very finest mate
rial. A perfect outfit for affecting
DISCUSSES was also found. DIcNeally
was an employe of the Saco bank and
decamped with about $4,000 of Sc
curities belonging to the bank.